Nurses at Portimão hospital have reported a second death allegedly linked to lack of care, a patient said to have gone about 24 hours unseen by a doctor. The ULS do Algarve has opened internal inquiries; the mayor and the PS leader want answers.
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The IGAS has opened an inspection of Unilabs Seixal | Amora over how it carries out and reports pregnancy scans. A morphology scan report flagged poor image quality yet called the hands apparently normal, and the mother says no one told her to repeat it.
Infarmed data show pharmacies sold 132 million euros of obesity medicines from January to June, a record 731,000 euros a day, with Mounjaro three quarters of sales. Patients pay full price until a limited 15 percent scheme starts in February 2027.
Lisbon's São José Hospital has a new 30-bed unit in its main A&E for patients waiting for a ward bed, plus three doctors, 19 nurses and 12 other staff. Observation rooms rise from five to 14, and 58 patients used the beds in three days.
The man, triaged yellow with a 60-minute target, was found unconscious in the waiting room when he was called at 04:40. IGAS is to open an inquiry; the ULS Algarve says he was frail but never alone, and is holding its own.
